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UCLA student government condemns campus Hillel for hosting former hostage

JL;DR SUMMARY UCLA's student government has condemned the campus Hillel for hosting former Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov, who spoke at a Yom HaShoah event. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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GazaHillelLebanonYom HashoahPro Palestinian ActivismStudents For Justice In PalestineUclaTitle ViiOmer Shem Tov

Places mentioned

Los Angeles, California, United States
"The UCLA campus. Photo by Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images"
Israel
"A campus event featuring freed Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov drew the condemnation of UCLAs student government on Tuesday."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"In an open letter, the UCLA Students Associated Council said that bringing Tov to speak to students served to legitimize and normalize atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon."
Lebanon
"Israel is currently continuing to carry out what has been widely identified by human rights advocates as a genocide in Gaza, while also expanding its illegal military campaign into Lebanon."

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